Savage PING!
CAIR is certainly a terrorist organization, which does not deserve tax free status. But all they are doing in this case is promoting a boycott. They have invoked the PC rules in other cases to try to shut down free speech by law, but that doesn’t seem to be the case here.
I think the proper response in this case is to learn what companies have pulled their advertising in response to CAIR’s boycott, and boycott them in return for aiding and abetting the Muslim jihad.
an action alert urging their followers to pressure advertisers to drop their sponsorship of the showThe way to fight this is to provide counter-pressure to advertisers. It's not really a 1st amendment issue. Can't you imagine organizing a boycott of advertisers of a TV "documentary" that "proved" that 9/11 was secretly ordered by Bush? Or one that "proved" that gun ownership caused high crime rates?
Boycotts do work both ways, you know.
As far as the 1st amendment goes, that applies to government suppression of free speech, not civilian-led boycotts aimed at reducing commercial sponsorship for a given TV or radio broadcast.
Now, if US govt employees are aiding and abetting CAIR, then that's a horse of a different color.
I don’t trust anything islamic especially CAIR.
You know that name “CAIR” sounds like “CARE”. It’s way to positive. Savage needs to start using a more Arabic pronounciation like “CAH’-EER”. I bet it would drive them up the wall.
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Anything new on the lawsuit?
The only thing worse than an Islamic-sponsored boycott is a lawsuit trying to shut down their freedom of speech. Their use of a radio clip clearly falls under ‘fair use’ guidelines.
Savage could have done something more useful, like call for a counter-boycott, or donate part of advertising fees to some anti-Islamic cause. But I can’t support the tactic he chose because it assaults everybody’s freedom.
Also, the author has a weird reading of the 1st Amendment. CAIR does a private boycott, which the 1st Amendment says nothing about, whereas Savage is now trying to use the government to shut their boycott’s fair use of the media clip, which is quite relevant. There’s a big difference.
Boycotts are very American, starting with the Boston Tea Party. The government should not be providing relief to Savage because CAIR says nasty things about him.
I’d be happy to help Savage counter this, but not by this “SLAPP” tactic.
“And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out”
Could be applied elsewhere.........